{"id":4747,"date":"2011-02-25T17:08:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T21:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:13:17","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:13:17","slug":"ut-president-dipietro-attends-faculty-and-staff-pizza-party-mocs-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/02\/ut-president-dipietro-attends-faculty-and-staff-pizza-party-mocs-game\/","title":{"rendered":"UT President DiPietro hosts faculty and staff pizza party, Mocs game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Joe DiPietro enjoyed a TRIBUTE Employee Appreciation pizza party event before the Mocs basketball game against Wofford at the McKenzie Arena.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>TRIBUTE events are a way \u201cto thank faculty and staff for the work they do in our classrooms, laboratories, offices, and communities throughout the state.\u00a0 For me, they also are a welcome opportunity to meet and get to know more of our employees,\u201d DiPietro said.<\/p>\n<p>Employees each received a free ticket to the game.\u00a0 Some opted to bring the entire family and enjoy the game, where door prize drawings were announced during the event.<\/p>\n<p>Giveaways included one package for two tickets to the 2011 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament, held at the McKenzie Arena March 3-7; tickets to the Football Mocs home opener, a $25 gift certificate to Big River Grille, and other UTC merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>[slickr-flickr search=&#8221;sets&#8221; set=&#8221;72157626136647576&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Joe DiPietro enjoyed a TRIBUTE Employee Appreciation pizza party event before the Mocs basketball game against Wofford at the McKenzie Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/02\/ut-president-dipietro-attends-faculty-and-staff-pizza-party-mocs-game\/\">Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12659],"tags":[5005],"class_list":{"0":"post-4747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-events-entertainment","7":"tag-president-joe-dipietro","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UT President DiPietro hosts faculty and staff pizza party, Mocs game  | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Joe DiPietro enjoyed a TRIBUTE Employee Appreciation pizza party event before the Mocs basketball game against Wofford at the McKenzie Arena. 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